The best gifts you can give this coming holiday are personalized Christmas gifts. Personalized Christmas gifts show that you give importance and you truly respect the recipient.
You can give personalized Christmas gifts for your business associates, office friends, and even for your office boss. Your personalized business Christmas gifts for them can improve or strengthen your professional relationship and you can even get some brownie points for your thoughtfulness.
Personalized Christmas Gifts for Your Boss
One of the best personalized Christmas gifts you can give to your boss is a business bobblehead. If you think that bobbleheads are just for children, then you are wrong.
There are lots of highly customized and executive class bobbleheads available today. These are ideal personalized Christmas gifts for your superior. You can order a businessman bobblehead in business suit. Choose a custom bobblehead that has a cardholder attached on its base or torso. These types of personalized Christmas gifts can be very valuable for everyday use.
To add more personalization for the custom bobblehead, you can emboss the initial of your superior on the front base of the custom bobblehead. Executives like to see their initials displayed on novelty items. This simple innovation on the bobblehead will mean a lot for your boss. Your boss will surely remember you for the highly personalized Christmas gifts you’ve given.
Personalized Christmas Gifts for Your Business Partners
If you have business partners, why not surprise them with personalized Christmas gifts this coming holiday. Surely you will have a photo of them. You can order bobbleheads that are designed in their likeness. Add more personalization by adding some personal message or note on the body of the bobblehead. You can request the bobblehead maker to include this special feature.
you can further stretch the customization of their bobbleheads by dressing up the bobbleheads according to their hobbies. For your business partner who loves to Jet Ski, you can order a bobblehead riding a jet ski. There are other ideas you can think to give highly personalized Christmas gifts for your business associates. Just know what are their personal hobbies and preferences and you can surely lavish them with personalized bobbleheads.
Personalized Christmas Gifts for Your Office Friend
One of the best ways to improve working conditions and professional relationship with office friends is to give personalized Christmas gifts. Personalized Christmas gifts could strengthen friendship and will surely be appreciated by your colleagues.
You can buy your friend a custom bobblehead with his or her name printed on the bobblehead base. Just like what you will give to your boss, it is best that the personalized Christmas gifts will have some use for your friends. You can give a bobblehead card holder or a bobblehead penholder. These are excellent personalized Christmas gifts that will certainly be treasured by your office friends.
Buy personalized Christmas gifts today for your business associates and friends. These kinds of gifts this Christmas can surely improve professional relationship between you and your business buddies.Christmas is a season of giving joy and laughter so shop now for the best Christmas Gifts and simply enjoy it. Buy Custom Bobblehead for your friends, family members, co-workers and colleagues.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Fraud - a Serious Disease In The VoIP World
Today, we’ve gotten a threatening email from an anonymous sender (go figure…) alerting us that we should not be verifying users IP addresses when they buy service from us. This John Doe seems to think we’re violating a so-called law and we could be sued for it. The gist of his message was that he collects information about customers that have been declined service based on the location of their IP address - Library for example.
Now, here comes the logical question: as a provider of what could be construed as an equivalent to “telephone services” (notice VoIP is NOT a replacement for phone service!) - wouldn’t we expect our users to use their service at home or work? why would an honest user choose to create their account from Starbucks - when they are required to have internet service at home to utilize our service anyway?
The answer is simple- except for the odd exception (a fraction of a percent), it doesn’t make sense, and the obvious proof is that legitimate users with nothing to hide sign up from their home or work computer connected to a network that makes it possible to verify their identity to a reasonable level of certainty.
If that’s the case, then why are we, as a provider, receiving such “notice”? the answer is simple: IP address verification and fraud combating measures implemented by VoIP stop criminals in their tracks. When we first started offering service to the public, the percent of fake identities thrown at us was an amazing 40%(!). We were not ready nor expecting such figures. The main offenders were crime rings from Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and some countries in Africa - but we most definitely have gotten some fake transactions from right here in the USA. After implementing minimal steps like preventing automatic processing for new unverified accounts our figures dropped to a manageable 5%, and after adding IP address validation we are at a comfortable fraction of a percent and can concentrate on doing business rather than worrying who we provide service to.
this fraud epidemic is especially aimed at companies that provide VoIP service. Why? because it is an easy target, and as good as cash in the bank. For an international crime ring, getting their hands on stolen credit cards or PayPal accounts is not only easy - but also cheap. We’re talking a few cents per number. Not only do they get the identity theft victim’s credit information - they typically also get their name, address, and sometimes even more than that. For US-based criminals it is possible to do things like create a credit card in the victim’s name which could net them thousands of dollars. However in the case of criminals in Egypt for example - there’s not much they can do except shop around on the internet. They of course cannot log into your-electronics-store.com and get a TV shipped over to them, so they need a simple way to “launder” their stolen cards into cold, hard cash. The solution? international calling minutes. A company that runs a network of call shops or calling cards in the middle east can get that cash from their customers, while getting free minutes from the victim Voice over IP provider of their choice. If you’ve been in the VoIP business for a few days you quickly learn that international minutes is just as liquid as cash. In fact some carriers pay each other by exchanging minutes rather than currency.
Now that we’ve established that VoIP service providers are one of the most-chosen target for these thieves, let’s concetrate on how to stop them. Some ways we’ve discovered were effective were:
1. Don’t automatically process payments. When a thief wants to cash-in on that credit card they just bought for 30 cents - they want to do it fast, and they want to do it easy. If your site doesn’t give the result they’re looking for, they’re most likely to just go away and try their luck with another merchant.
2. While we’re speaking of the whole “go away” topic, another important topic comes up. Be consistent. Reject fraud when you find it, and find it 100% of the time. These guys are looking for easy targets that don’t require a lot of work. Make life harder for them and they’ll pick on someone else.
3. Check that IP address! If you live in cave, or otherwise not yet capturing the IP address your new users are registering from - joine the 21st century and start capturing this information! Here’s a big tip - if your customer’s name is John Smith, their credit card’s address is in Virginia, but their IP address resolves back to Pakistan.. well, let’s just say good ole John is not very likely to be visiting grandma back in the homeland…
4. Check for IP address proxies. These can go from very basic (and traceable) to completely undetectable. If you can however detect it - do something about it. Don’t let your users sign up from a web proxy, and be consistent about it.
5. Patterns. Online crime exhibits certain patterns you can easily detect. If Johnny comes back to make 30 calls a day to Guinea, something is fishy. Don’t spy on your customers, but it is perfectly within your rights to prevent fraud on your network by monitoring for fraudulent patterns.
6. Don’t compromise. If you think a (so-called) user is an identity thief, disconnect them immediately and refund their deposit. Do NOT keep their deposit! remember this is STOLEN MONEY which can not only get you in trouble - but is also very much hurting the victim of the identity theft. Do them and your conscience a favor and refund their money immediately. If the so-called customer asks that they re-establish service, your best choice is to send them on their way and not provide service. Alternatively you can ask them to provide copies of their passport and a utility bill. Note they may send fake ones, typically from a foreign country so it is hard for you to verify. If you’re not 100% sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have proven they are who they say they are - tell them you are sorry but you cannot furnish service to them.
Let’s get back to the email we received earlier, the one about anti-fraud measures hurting customers. Yes- it’s true. In one case out of several thousands you might wrongfully identify an innocent consumer as an identity thief because their info doesn’t check out. To me personally it only happened once - the guy had an address in one state, and was logged on from another state, and was adament about not wanting to provide us with identifying documents when we contacted him. He did eventually furnish these documents and we agreed to provide him service - but instead of creating a scene he could have just explained to us that he lives in both states to begin with. The bottom line is that Average Joe is not going to affected by these verification techniques, and you should most definitely implement them.
After all- your customers are the ones benefitting from a more secure network - one that is unlikely to get disconnected due to cyber crime, and one that is unlikely to go bankrupt due to criminal related losses. If as a provider you can save thousands of dollars in unnecesary fraudulent calling costs - you can offer your customers better pricing and terms. In the end we are here to furnish service - and the more affordable we can buy it - the more affordable we can sell it.
I wish you much, much good luck in stopping cyber crime and identity theft in it’s tracks!!!Nitzan is the CEO of Future Nine Corp - a leading Cheap Phone Service Provider, who also specializes in Callings Cards utilizing VoIP
Now, here comes the logical question: as a provider of what could be construed as an equivalent to “telephone services” (notice VoIP is NOT a replacement for phone service!) - wouldn’t we expect our users to use their service at home or work? why would an honest user choose to create their account from Starbucks - when they are required to have internet service at home to utilize our service anyway?
The answer is simple- except for the odd exception (a fraction of a percent), it doesn’t make sense, and the obvious proof is that legitimate users with nothing to hide sign up from their home or work computer connected to a network that makes it possible to verify their identity to a reasonable level of certainty.
If that’s the case, then why are we, as a provider, receiving such “notice”? the answer is simple: IP address verification and fraud combating measures implemented by VoIP stop criminals in their tracks. When we first started offering service to the public, the percent of fake identities thrown at us was an amazing 40%(!). We were not ready nor expecting such figures. The main offenders were crime rings from Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and some countries in Africa - but we most definitely have gotten some fake transactions from right here in the USA. After implementing minimal steps like preventing automatic processing for new unverified accounts our figures dropped to a manageable 5%, and after adding IP address validation we are at a comfortable fraction of a percent and can concentrate on doing business rather than worrying who we provide service to.
this fraud epidemic is especially aimed at companies that provide VoIP service. Why? because it is an easy target, and as good as cash in the bank. For an international crime ring, getting their hands on stolen credit cards or PayPal accounts is not only easy - but also cheap. We’re talking a few cents per number. Not only do they get the identity theft victim’s credit information - they typically also get their name, address, and sometimes even more than that. For US-based criminals it is possible to do things like create a credit card in the victim’s name which could net them thousands of dollars. However in the case of criminals in Egypt for example - there’s not much they can do except shop around on the internet. They of course cannot log into your-electronics-store.com and get a TV shipped over to them, so they need a simple way to “launder” their stolen cards into cold, hard cash. The solution? international calling minutes. A company that runs a network of call shops or calling cards in the middle east can get that cash from their customers, while getting free minutes from the victim Voice over IP provider of their choice. If you’ve been in the VoIP business for a few days you quickly learn that international minutes is just as liquid as cash. In fact some carriers pay each other by exchanging minutes rather than currency.
Now that we’ve established that VoIP service providers are one of the most-chosen target for these thieves, let’s concetrate on how to stop them. Some ways we’ve discovered were effective were:
1. Don’t automatically process payments. When a thief wants to cash-in on that credit card they just bought for 30 cents - they want to do it fast, and they want to do it easy. If your site doesn’t give the result they’re looking for, they’re most likely to just go away and try their luck with another merchant.
2. While we’re speaking of the whole “go away” topic, another important topic comes up. Be consistent. Reject fraud when you find it, and find it 100% of the time. These guys are looking for easy targets that don’t require a lot of work. Make life harder for them and they’ll pick on someone else.
3. Check that IP address! If you live in cave, or otherwise not yet capturing the IP address your new users are registering from - joine the 21st century and start capturing this information! Here’s a big tip - if your customer’s name is John Smith, their credit card’s address is in Virginia, but their IP address resolves back to Pakistan.. well, let’s just say good ole John is not very likely to be visiting grandma back in the homeland…
4. Check for IP address proxies. These can go from very basic (and traceable) to completely undetectable. If you can however detect it - do something about it. Don’t let your users sign up from a web proxy, and be consistent about it.
5. Patterns. Online crime exhibits certain patterns you can easily detect. If Johnny comes back to make 30 calls a day to Guinea, something is fishy. Don’t spy on your customers, but it is perfectly within your rights to prevent fraud on your network by monitoring for fraudulent patterns.
6. Don’t compromise. If you think a (so-called) user is an identity thief, disconnect them immediately and refund their deposit. Do NOT keep their deposit! remember this is STOLEN MONEY which can not only get you in trouble - but is also very much hurting the victim of the identity theft. Do them and your conscience a favor and refund their money immediately. If the so-called customer asks that they re-establish service, your best choice is to send them on their way and not provide service. Alternatively you can ask them to provide copies of their passport and a utility bill. Note they may send fake ones, typically from a foreign country so it is hard for you to verify. If you’re not 100% sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have proven they are who they say they are - tell them you are sorry but you cannot furnish service to them.
Let’s get back to the email we received earlier, the one about anti-fraud measures hurting customers. Yes- it’s true. In one case out of several thousands you might wrongfully identify an innocent consumer as an identity thief because their info doesn’t check out. To me personally it only happened once - the guy had an address in one state, and was logged on from another state, and was adament about not wanting to provide us with identifying documents when we contacted him. He did eventually furnish these documents and we agreed to provide him service - but instead of creating a scene he could have just explained to us that he lives in both states to begin with. The bottom line is that Average Joe is not going to affected by these verification techniques, and you should most definitely implement them.
After all- your customers are the ones benefitting from a more secure network - one that is unlikely to get disconnected due to cyber crime, and one that is unlikely to go bankrupt due to criminal related losses. If as a provider you can save thousands of dollars in unnecesary fraudulent calling costs - you can offer your customers better pricing and terms. In the end we are here to furnish service - and the more affordable we can buy it - the more affordable we can sell it.
I wish you much, much good luck in stopping cyber crime and identity theft in it’s tracks!!!Nitzan is the CEO of Future Nine Corp - a leading Cheap Phone Service Provider, who also specializes in Callings Cards utilizing VoIP
The Guide to Choosing the Perfect Personalized Christmas gift
It is always a tradition to give your special friends and loved ones the appreciation they deserve that is why people give a personalized Christmas gift as much as possible. The gift-giving season is near again that is why many individuals have already been pondering on what could be the best personalized Christmas gift to offer their families and peers. Let them know how much you love them by giving a personalized Christmas gift to show how much you appreciate them. People might have different tastes and likes so buying them a personalized Christmas gift would truly draw them closer to you. So what could be the best personalized Christmas gift for your special ones?
These are amazing and unique things that can make gift-giving more exciting and much more memorable. Most of the time, people buy common things without thinking about the reaction of the person who will be receiving it. Well, if you are one of these people, you should think about getting a personalized Christmas gift already. How come? A personalized Christmas gift is an exceptional way of showing gratitude. If you are thinking about getting one, but do not know where to look, then read on.
A personalized Christmas gift could be a custom made shirt, or a handmade card. Moreover, men are different from women in many ways. If you ought to buy a personalized Christmas gift for your mom, you can buy her a custom made mug or apron. And if you are going to buy a personalized Christmas gift for your dad, you can think about getting a personalized shirt or a collector’s item. But if you want to give a personalized Christmas gift to a large number of people, then you should think about a gift that is not gender oriented or can be liked by many.
You can browse the online market for the latest trends and personalized Christmas gift ideas in a jiffy. The rates may vary but keep in mind that it is not necessary to buy very expensive gifts. It does not really matter if your gift is expensive or not, big or small, just as long as you give it with utmost sincerity. When you want to give a personalized Christmas gift to your friends, you can check out the bobble head website. You will be displayed with a dozen of bobble head toys of different sizes and designs.
If your colleagues are basketball fanatics, then why not give a bobble head version of Kobe as a personalized Christmas gift? They will surely love it and you might even see it on top of their desks the next day. Bobble head toys are not costly and it can be custom made. You can also choose what material and size if you are going to purchase these cool dolls. These are just some of the personalized Christmas gift ideas you can think about. But before you go on shopping, think about your budget allotment first and then you can decide which could be the best personalized Christmas gift for your dear ones.Are you looking for a unique Personalized Christmas Gifts? Visit http://www.giftmeideas.com
These are amazing and unique things that can make gift-giving more exciting and much more memorable. Most of the time, people buy common things without thinking about the reaction of the person who will be receiving it. Well, if you are one of these people, you should think about getting a personalized Christmas gift already. How come? A personalized Christmas gift is an exceptional way of showing gratitude. If you are thinking about getting one, but do not know where to look, then read on.
A personalized Christmas gift could be a custom made shirt, or a handmade card. Moreover, men are different from women in many ways. If you ought to buy a personalized Christmas gift for your mom, you can buy her a custom made mug or apron. And if you are going to buy a personalized Christmas gift for your dad, you can think about getting a personalized shirt or a collector’s item. But if you want to give a personalized Christmas gift to a large number of people, then you should think about a gift that is not gender oriented or can be liked by many.
You can browse the online market for the latest trends and personalized Christmas gift ideas in a jiffy. The rates may vary but keep in mind that it is not necessary to buy very expensive gifts. It does not really matter if your gift is expensive or not, big or small, just as long as you give it with utmost sincerity. When you want to give a personalized Christmas gift to your friends, you can check out the bobble head website. You will be displayed with a dozen of bobble head toys of different sizes and designs.
If your colleagues are basketball fanatics, then why not give a bobble head version of Kobe as a personalized Christmas gift? They will surely love it and you might even see it on top of their desks the next day. Bobble head toys are not costly and it can be custom made. You can also choose what material and size if you are going to purchase these cool dolls. These are just some of the personalized Christmas gift ideas you can think about. But before you go on shopping, think about your budget allotment first and then you can decide which could be the best personalized Christmas gift for your dear ones.Are you looking for a unique Personalized Christmas Gifts? Visit http://www.giftmeideas.com
The Best Personalized Christmas gift for the Yuletide Season
Do you want to give your special ones the best personalized Christmas gift? Have you already thought of what to give them? Shopping for a personalized Christmas gift for the yuletide season may be quite difficult if you are going to buy things in the mall or shops. Why? The reason behind this is because most people would go there to buy also. And chances are, the gifts you will buy will be the ones they will give their friends too.
So what makes a personalized Christmas gift? Think of a thing that will be best appreciated by your loved ones. A personalized Christmas gift should be unique and pleasant. But that does not mean that you have to spend a lot of money in it. A personalized Christmas gift comes with a special dedication to add spice to it. In that way, your personalized Christmas gift would be more meaningful. Some of the holiday presents given are cards, shirts, clothing, jewelry and many more.
For babies, the most common personalized Christmas gift is a knitted piece or an embroidered garment. And if you want to give your coworkers or personnel a personalized Christmas gift, then you can order custom bobble head dolls. What is a bobble head toy in the first place? It is a type of collectible doll that is often given as a personalized Christmas gift or a promotional item.
The bobble head can come in different figures, sizes and versions. The materials may vary from ceramic, to wooden, to plastic and PVC material. Back then, the bobble head dolls were famous because of the release of the Beatles’ collection. But until now, many people have already resorted to buying bobble head toys as a form of personalized Christmas gift. Food can be a type of personalized Christmas gift but the thing is that it is consumable. After you have eaten it, there is no souvenir or memento left. But if you buy a bobble head doll you can put it in your desk or in your car. You can even give it to your coworkers. If you decide to buy bobble head dolls as a personalized Christmas gift, you should think first of the design.
Are you going to give it to your kids? Bobble head dolls come in a variety of versions. The Disney characters and other popular cartoons have their own bobble head versions that your kids will surely love. Some food chains have their own bobble head versions of their mascots and give it to their customers as a form of souvenir item or a personalized Christmas gift. This serves as a freebie and at the same time, a promotional item. Some sports event organizers order custom made bobble heads of famous basketball or baseball players.
Thinking of the price? Well, these bobble head toys are not expensive at all. This is a unique personalized Christmas gift you would not regret to buy. For sure, the ones who will be receiving it will be delighted. So who says that finding a personalized Christmas gift is that difficult?Are you looking for a unique Personalized Christmas Gifts? Visit http://www.giftmeideas.com
So what makes a personalized Christmas gift? Think of a thing that will be best appreciated by your loved ones. A personalized Christmas gift should be unique and pleasant. But that does not mean that you have to spend a lot of money in it. A personalized Christmas gift comes with a special dedication to add spice to it. In that way, your personalized Christmas gift would be more meaningful. Some of the holiday presents given are cards, shirts, clothing, jewelry and many more.
For babies, the most common personalized Christmas gift is a knitted piece or an embroidered garment. And if you want to give your coworkers or personnel a personalized Christmas gift, then you can order custom bobble head dolls. What is a bobble head toy in the first place? It is a type of collectible doll that is often given as a personalized Christmas gift or a promotional item.
The bobble head can come in different figures, sizes and versions. The materials may vary from ceramic, to wooden, to plastic and PVC material. Back then, the bobble head dolls were famous because of the release of the Beatles’ collection. But until now, many people have already resorted to buying bobble head toys as a form of personalized Christmas gift. Food can be a type of personalized Christmas gift but the thing is that it is consumable. After you have eaten it, there is no souvenir or memento left. But if you buy a bobble head doll you can put it in your desk or in your car. You can even give it to your coworkers. If you decide to buy bobble head dolls as a personalized Christmas gift, you should think first of the design.
Are you going to give it to your kids? Bobble head dolls come in a variety of versions. The Disney characters and other popular cartoons have their own bobble head versions that your kids will surely love. Some food chains have their own bobble head versions of their mascots and give it to their customers as a form of souvenir item or a personalized Christmas gift. This serves as a freebie and at the same time, a promotional item. Some sports event organizers order custom made bobble heads of famous basketball or baseball players.
Thinking of the price? Well, these bobble head toys are not expensive at all. This is a unique personalized Christmas gift you would not regret to buy. For sure, the ones who will be receiving it will be delighted. So who says that finding a personalized Christmas gift is that difficult?Are you looking for a unique Personalized Christmas Gifts? Visit http://www.giftmeideas.com
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